If you're curious what a car with a Vin Diesel navigation system might be like, I drew a sketch that you can view if you vote for Theater Hopper over at Top Web Comics. (I'll be talking about my affiliation with Top Web Comics in another post. So stay tuned for that).
As it pertains to this weekend's Fast & Furious (note the conspicuous absence of the word "The"), we spent a little time discussing the tag line on Monday night's episode of The Triple Feature.
All three of us are excited for this movie and no one is more surprised by that than I am. I'm not really a car guy and I was also kind of annoyed by the super-modding trend that seemed to take hold after the original movie came out. Don't even get me started on Tokyo Drift. What a pile of garbage that film was!
But the original movie was an engaging twist on the action genre and I have to admit my heart fluttered a little bit when I learned that they were able to bring back everyone in the original cast.
Then again, when you've been stuck in movies like The Pacifier, Into The Blue, D.E.B.S. and BloodRayne for the better part of a decade, it makes sense to show up in a film like this. I guess you CAN go home again.
I'll be at the Emerald City Comicon in Seattle this weekend, so I don't know if I'll have an opportunity to see Fast & Furious. My time off the show floor will probably be spent doing something else. I mean, I love movies. But I've also never been to Seattle. So it would be kind of lame if I spent two hours watching Vin Diesel flex instead of... I dunno... drinking a Starbucks coffee.
If you're planning on attending Emerald City Comicon, don't forget to visit me on Artist Alley. I'm in the back, near the gaming area at table H-05. Here's a link to a map of the show floor. I'm on the opposite side of the entrance, so just skip past all those other exhibitors and retailers and see me first! I'll be selling copies of Theater Hopper Year One and Year Two, plus my Spoiler I and II t-shirts and also original sketches. I have limited inventory since I'm only bringing what I can cram into a suitcase. So if you have your eye on something, be sure to get there early!
Or, just come by and chat me up for a while! I'm very interested to talk to my West Coast fans and I'll sign anything you like.
Don't forget that I will also be sitting on the Business of Webcomics panel at 1:00 PM, Sunday, April 5 in panel room 3AB with Robert Khoo from Penny Arcade, Danielle Corsetto from Girls With Slingshots and Jeph Jacques from Questionable Content. I'm really looking forward to it. It'll be a good time.
That's pretty much all I have for the moment. Be sure to check back later in the day for an brief post about my re-affiliation with TopWebComics.com.
Talk to you soon!
What are you talking about? I think it's kind of cool!
If you went to buy a brand new 2009 Ford Mustang and found out it had the horsepower of a Model-T, what would be your reaction?
Disappointed, I guess...
But what if the navigation system had Vin Diesel's voice and told you to!...
DON'T COMPLICATE THE ISSUE!
I know I’d buy GPS with Vin Disel’s voice to guide me. I’m still thinking about picking up the Knight Rider branded GPS because it’s got the voice of William Daniels! http://www.knightridergps.com/
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Oh my goodness.
That’s a real thing?!
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Been a fan of the comic for a while, first comment, and I hate for it to be a negative, but I don’t really like the overdone lighting on Tom and Jared in this one. Panel 1 is fine, but 2-4 seem a little intense, like they are in front of one of those deer lights my in-laws got for x-mas. Just a little distracting.
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That’s a negative comment I think I can manage.
They’re supposed to be standing in front of the poster with the lighted frame around it. But, yeah… Maybe it’s a little overdone.
Thanks for the feedback!
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Gotta agree with everything in your news post pretty much. (the first, have not read the second yet) I’m also excited to see them “returning to formula” so to speak. And yeah, after a tank full of blowful movies (please don’t tell my friends that I think DEBS sucked, they’re scary lesbians and they’ll likely lynch me) Hopefully this can get the careers of a few underrated talents back on track.
and LOVED the vote incentive…. And please enjoy ECCC; not all of us Iowans get to go ya know.
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Tom – if you have time to explore and like to eat, Seattle has THE BEST food. It’s the little hole in the walls that are to die for. So much to choose from. The Caribbean & Latin American places I ate at were absolutely to die for. It’s a beautiful city.
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LoL! Tokyo Drift was the only one of the Fast & Furious movies I DID like!
But I’m glad Michelle Rodrigues is back- haven’t really seen much from her since they killed off her character on LOST, and that’s a shame.
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I may be at ECCC this weekend. I’d like to say “hey” if I can manage it.
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Have fun at the convention Tom! One day I hope to get over to the US and check out some of these conventions so I can meet people who create the webcomics I enjoy.
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Since it’s your first time in Seattle, make sure you get down to the Pike Place Market, it’s kind of like the Farmers Market in downtown Des Moines, but much larger and much better IMHO.
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Is that the place where they throw the fish? I’d like to go, but I’m worried I won’t have time.
I think I’ll have some time Friday night, maybe Sunday night to kick around and I’d really like to see the Space Needle.
There’s some talk of some of the other web comic creators going to the Space Needle Saturday night, but nothing confirmed. I think this weekend I’m going to have to play it by ear.
If nothing else, I can do a little recon for when Cami and I come back and vacation there on our own. I’ve been dying to explore Seattle for years!
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Pike Place Market is the place where they throw the fish. It’s fun and something everyone who goes to Seattle needs to experience. There is a restaurant at the top of the Space Needle. It revolves so you get a 360 degree view while you dine. It’s pricey but good. Or you can just check out the observation deck. I hope you have some good weather so you can get the full effect of the view.
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i still don’t understand what is the appeal of Vin Diesel — it’s gotta be either his gravelly voice or his cool name
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